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' H. STEVENSON.

01.013553 DRIER.

Patented June '28, 1892.

m/ VENTOI? WMW A TTOHNE rs W/ TNE SSE S T W/QM. w' i) UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

HUGH STEVENSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,968, dated June 28,1892. I

Application filed June 13, 1891.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH STEVENSON, of the city, county, and State ofNew York,have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Drier, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes-driers; and its objectis to produce a simple and convenient drier, which may easily be placedin position in a window and which will form a handy support for smallclothes.

To this end my invention consists in a clothes-drier constructedsubstantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

.Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken side elevation, partly in section, of theclothes-drier in position in a window. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of thesame on the line ma: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a broken enlarged detail viewof the main bar and a circular rack thereon. Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail sectional view of the lower support for the bar, and Fig. 5 is adetail perspective view of one of the sliding collars andclothes-supporting arms.

The main bar A is adapted to be held between the meeting-rail of theouter sash B and the window-sill O, and the bar has upon its upper end abrad a. to enter the meetingrail, and its lower end is provided with aninternal screw-threaded socket a, in which fits a screw D, by means ofwhich the bar is adj usted in place, and the head D of the screw restsin a socket E, which socket has a perforation in the upper side for thepassage of the screw-body and brads 6 upon its lower side, which bradsare adapted to penetrate the window-sill and hold the socket and the barconnected therewith in place.

The bar A is provided at regular intervals with disks F, which are fixedto the shaft and which have at their outer edges toothed verticalflanges F, the disks and flanges thus forming a circular rack, and aboveeach rack is a collar G, which slides freely on the main bar and issmall enough to rest within the toothed flange of the racks. The collarG has Serial No. 396,175. (No model.)

a boss G on one edge, and extending laterally from the boss is an arm H,and the arm has a bar H, pivoted between lugs near the inner end and onthe upper side of the arm, and the free end of the bar H is providedwith a spring-catch h; which is adapted to close over the end of the armH when the bar is forced downward upon the arm, and the arm and bar arethus locked together. The clothes J which are to be dried are heldbetween the bar and arm, as best shown in Fig. 1, the bar being raised,as shown in Fig. 5, so that the clothes may be placed upon the arm, andit isthen forced downward upon the clothes and arm and locked in place,as described.

The device is placed on the window-sill between it and the meeting-railof the upper sash, as described, and is adjusted by means of the screwD, and to bring the arms E into a desired position the collars to whichthe arms are secured are raised, and the arms are swung around on themain bar and then allowed to drop between the teeth of the racks F. Whenthe bar is secured, the screw D is turned up far enough so that the brada on the .upper end of the bar will be firmly pressed into themeeting-rail of the sash, and the bar will thus be prevented fromturning.

When clothes are to be placed upon the arms H, the inner window-sash Bis raised and the arms swung into the room, as shown by dotted lines inFig. 1, the clothes then secured upon the arm, as described, and the armis again turned outside of the window and allowed to drop between two ofthe teeth on a rack F, and the arm will thus be held secure] y in place.

Instead of holding the main bar between the sash and window-sill, asdescribed, angular clips K may be secured to the wall of the buildingadjacent to the window, and the main bar may be provided with pointedends, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the ends may be allowed torest in sockets in the clips.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A clothes-drier comprising a main baradapted to be secured in a support and having circular racks thereon andhorizontallyswinging arms held to slide on the main bar and adapted toengage the racks, substantially as described.

2. In a clothes-drier, the combination, with the main" bar havingtoothed racks thereon, of horizontally-swinging arms held to slide onthe main bar and adapted to engage the rackteeth, said'arms having barspivoted to their upper sides and provided at their free ends withcatches adapted to engage the ends of the arms, substantially as shownand described.

3. A clothes-drier comprising a main bar having alongitudinally-extendingadjustingscrew and a circular rack and ahorizontallyswinging arm engaging said rack and having aslidingconnection at its inner end with the bar to permit it to beengaged with different teeth of the rack, substantially as set forth.

4. A clothes-drier comprising a main bar adapted to be secured in asupport and provided with toothed racks, collars held to slide on thebar above the racks, arms secured to the collars and adapted to engagethe rackteeth, and a clothes-fastener for the arms, substantially asdescribed.

5. A clothes-support comprising a vertical bar having racks thereon, theracks comprising disks with vertical toothed flanges, collars held toslide on the bar and rest between the flanges of the racks, arms securedto the collars and adapted to engage the rack-teeth, and bars pivoted onthe tops of the arms and provided at their free ends with catches toengage the ends of the arms, substantially as described.

6. In a clothes-drier, the combination,with the main bar having alongitudinally-extending adjusting-screw turning in one end and providedwith a support having a socket, in which the head of the screw swivels,whereby the screw may be turned to adjust the bar without rotating thebar or the socket, sub stantially as set forth.

HUGH STEVENSON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. DUFFY, FRANCIS MOARDLE.

